Washington DC USA-1943: Water Lily Floating On Pond With Tree Shadows

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Water Lily Floating On Pond With Tree Shadows — Clip Details

A delicate pink water lily floats on a dark pond, its yellow center glowing against the soft petals. The flower gently sways in a light breeze, surrounded by lily pads and the dark, reflective surface of the water. Silhouetted tree shadows ripple across the pond's surface, creating a serene, contemplative scene. Shot on 8mm film in 1943, this vintage home movie captures a quiet moment of nature with warm, slightly faded colors and authentic film grain, evoking a sense of nostalgia and peaceful memory.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123137878

Rights & Clearance

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1719 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1942-1943
Reel-level location note: washington dc,baltimore
Date: 1943 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Washington, District Of Columbia, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1940s 8mm nature footage for productions needing a quiet Washington, DC home-movie cutaway of a water lily on a reflective pond.
Period detail: The frames show no built environment or fashion clues, so the 1943 Washington, DC date rests on supplied clip metadata rather than visible evidence.
Home-movie behavior: The camera lingers from a close, informal home-movie perspective on the flower and pond surface rather than staging a botanical study.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a pink water lily, yellow flower center, dark pond water, lily pads, reflected tree shadows, soft ripples, and black film borders.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm texture through soft focus, warm faded color, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight frame-edge darkness.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a contemplative insert, nature cutaway, transition, or memory beat within a wartime-era domestic or place-based sequence.
Historical context: As supplied, the clip places a quiet garden or pond detail in Washington, DC in 1943 without showing identifiable public events or landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright, source permissions, and any property context should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1943 Washington DC 8mm water lily, 1940s home movie pond flower, and vintage garden pond reflection footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel nature shots, then Washington, DC 1943 material, then broader 1940s pond, garden, flower, or reflective-water cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1943 Washington, DC 8mm frame showing a pink water lily on reflective pond water with lily pads and shadowed trees. — A pink water lily floats on dark pond water beside lily pads and reflected tree shadows.

Close 8mm view of a pink water lily in Washington, DC, with dark water, lily pads, and soft tree reflections. — The water lily remains centered as the dark pond surface reflects trees around nearby lily pads.

1943 home-movie frame of a pink water lily drifting on a reflective pond surface with ripples and tree shadows. — A water lily sits against rippled dark water, with tree reflections and film-edge shadow visible.

8mm Washington, DC frame showing the pink water lily near lily pads on a dark pond with tree-shadow reflections. — The flower remains in view near lily pads while tree shadows ripple across the pond surface.

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